Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jobe Bellingham is gradually making his mark after a slow start ahead of his return to England to face Manchester City on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Jobe joined Dortmund in the summer aged 19 for a reported fee of 30.5 million euros ($35 million) from Sunderland, among the most expensive transfers in Dortmund’s history.<\/p>\n
Jobe followed in the footsteps of his brother Jude, who moved to the Westfalenstadion five years earlier, aged 17, said AFP.<\/p>\n
Jude became one of the most sought-after players at Dortmund and is now a true superstar after moving to Real Madrid in 2023.<\/p>\n
While Jobe has returned to England to play for the under-21s side he captains, Wednesday’s match will be his first on English soil for his new club.<\/p>\n
Like City, Dortmund sit in the top eight, having won two and drawn one of their three Champions League games so far.<\/p>\n
‘Anxieties’<\/p>\n
The younger Bellingham understood a move to Dortmund would provoke comparisons with Jude, but felt the club offered the best place for him to develop.<\/p>\n
Like he did at Sunderland, the younger Bellingham has ‘Jobe’ on his jersey rather than his last name, due to his famous brother.<\/p>\n
On arriving in Dortmund, Jobe admitted in pre-season comparisons with his older brother were on his mind.<\/p>\n
“It’s something you do think about. You have these anxieties, especially me as I’m only young,” he told reporters, adding “I’m not perfect. I do think about these things.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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